Strength has power...
Written: Aug 04 '01
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Pros: Excellent coverage of "Skate Culture"
Cons: Not as hefty with photos as magazines like "Transworld"
The Bottom Line: A magazine that does not try to dazzle its readers with "Pretty Pictures" but tries to get them to actually READ!
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| mojomonkee's Full Review: Strength Magazine |
Most skateboarding magazines I have read have been all about pictures. Well, pictures and advertisements but since almost all of the advertisements have skate pictures in them, we'll just lump them into one big group.
If you thumb through magazines like Transworld Skateboarding, you'd be hard pressed to find a dozen pages of actual writing. About three quarters of their magazine is ads and the remaining quarter is ninety percent pictures. Strength Skate Culture Magazine is not about chucking a hundred pictures in its pages, it's about providing a medium to look at skateboarding as a CULTURE.
It covers the music most skaters are interested in and other bands they might enjoy. It interviews people such as rappers and actors that are in movies that most skaters watch. It even has a sex column with pornography star "Houston" from the infamous "Houston 420". This magazine has it's share of pictures and skate sequences, but it does not limit itself to just that and that is what makes it so valuable in my opinion.
(*Note, Strength also covers snowboarding, and I enjoy that sport also, but I felt it unnecessary to divide the two cultures since they are quite alike)
Recommended:
Yes
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mojomonkee
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Location: anchorage,ak usa
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